Every med student has that one moment — the first time you hold a stethoscope and realize you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing. This episode kicks off Scrubbed In, Checked Out with a caffeine-fuelled reality check: what we thought medicine would be versus the circus it actually is.

Host Penelope Plessas takes you from the naive excitement of first-year to the existential dread of final-year, dissecting how idealism curdles into cynicism somewhere between OSCEs, overnight shifts, and yet another lecture on professionalism. No motivation. No sugar-coating. Just the truth.

Let's kick it off with an introduction - meet your host and discover what Scrubbed In, Checked Out is all about!